Congrats to @lauraweyrich.bsky.social & the Oral Microbiome Transplant team on receiving GAP funding for: “Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) Therapy to Prevent Dental Decay” 🦷🦠 This work explores using helpful bacteria to reseed the mouth and reduce cavities.

She’s also been awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP! We’re incredibly proud of you, Ava — thank you for all your hard work. You’ll be missed!

Congratulations once again, Grant! We're super proud of you.

🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for... 54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381) 75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M) The next generation of scientists is being targeted. #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

Important lab update!! We've moved and officially back up and running 🙌🙌

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science. Story by @heidiledford.bsky.social & @humbertobasilio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE, Chicago March 7, 12-3pm Federal Plaza (211 S Clark St) standupforscience2025.org/chicago-il/

These are challenging times for science, but I'm happy to share a bright moment: our work is on the cover of Cell today. We built a compendium of human gut microbiomes integrating 168K worldwide samples, revealing patterns of microbiome variation across the globe www.cell.com/cell/current...

A single amino acid change in a protein may underlie human language www.psypost.org/a-single-ami...

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

Hello! For our first post here we will share @lauraweyrich.bsky.social - PSABRE Director coauthored a piece on #microbes for Cell. Please take a look! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/

BREAKING NEWS: The development follows a federal judge's order Tuesday that temporarily blocked the effort to pause federal payments for grants and other programs.

You asked and we listened! The ISBA11 abstract submission deadline is extended to January 31st! Submit your abstract before time runs out! www.isba11.com/abstract-sub... #archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA #ISBA11 #archaeologists @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

🚨 Researcher Highlight! 🚨 @ckayeeta.bsky.social #bioanth #bioanthropology #microbiome

🏆 PhD Student Muhammad Shirzad won an Emmy this past week! His team won an Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis: Editorial and Opinion for their animated documentary “The Night Doctrine,” reporting on Zero Unit night raids in Afghanistan.

Nice review of "The trouble with ancient DNA" in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It’s been a wonderful year for the microARCH team, and we’re grateful for each other’s support throughout! We wish you all a joyful holiday season!